Nefertiti mystery: Egypt approves radar tests on Tutankhamun tomb
Egypt has given the go-ahead for radar to be used to test a theory that Queen Nefertiti's crypt may be hidden in King Tutankhamun's tomb, an official said. The Antiquities Ministry said non-invasive radar would not cause damage. Archaeologist Nicholas Reeves believes the remains of Tutankhamun, who died 3,000 years ago aged 19, may have been rushed into an outer chamber of what was originally Nefertiti's tomb. Read more
An archaeologist says he may have found evidence that Nefertiti, the former Queen of Egypt, is secretly buried inside Tutankhamun's tomb. The whereabouts of Nefertiti's remains are not known, although those of Tutankhamun - who may have been her son - were found in 1922. New tests have shown there may be a portal leading from King Tut's tomb. Read more
Tutankhamun's tomb may house lost grave of Nefertiti
Nicholas Reeves, an English archaeologist at the University of Arizona, claims to have found a bricked-up and hitherto unnoticed portal leading out of Tutankhamu's burial chamber. Read more
This inscription dated 'Regnal Year 16, month 3 of Akhet, day 15' of Akhenaten's reign was discovered in 2012 in a limestone quarry at Dayr Abu Hinnis, just north of Dayr al-Barsh, north of Amarna. The inscription mentions the presence of the "Great Royal Wife, His Beloved, Mistress of the Two Lands, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti" and "a building project in Amarna" under the authority of the king's scribe Penthu.